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With a play opening on Broadway, and every reason to smile, Sarah Ruhl has just survived a high-risk pregnancy when she discovers the left side of her face is completely paralyzed. She is assured that 90 percent of Bell's palsy patients see spontaneous improvement and experience a full recovery. Like Ruhl's own mother. But Sarah is in the unlucky ten percent. And for a woman, wife, mother, and artist working in theater, the paralysis and the disconnect between the interior and exterior brings significant and specific challenges. So Ruhl begins an intense decade-long search for a cure while simultaneously grappling with the reality of her new face - one that, while recognizably her own - is incapable of accurately communicating feelings or intentions.
About the Author
Sarah Ruhl is an award winning playwright and essayist. Recipient of a MacArthur "genius" award, a two time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a Tony nominee, her plays include The Clean House, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, and Eurydice, which was named one of the most significant plays of the last twenty-five years by the New York Times. Her plays have been translated into over twelve languages and are produced across the country and internationally. Her collection of essays, 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write, was named a Times Notable book. She recently co-authored Letters from Max, a book of poems and songs with Max Ritvo. She teaches at Yale School of Drama and lives in Brooklyn with her family. For more information, www.sarahruhlplaywright.com
